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Cape 9-10 softball all-stars fall 7-0 to a powerful Laurel team

Has to bounce back in lower bracket
Cape pitcher McKenna Boyle delivers to the plate in the loss to a tough Laurel squad. Cape will have to battle back from the lower bracket to have a chance at the District 3 title. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
July 14, 2016
Cape catcher Morgan Newcomb holds a Laurel runner at third to prevent a run. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape coach Pat Brown tries to settle his team in the fourth inning. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape’s Lily Hutt gets the ball in quickly from her outfield position. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape shortstop Katie Kuhlman, left, puts the tag on Laurel’s Kaylee Hill. DAN COOK PHOTO
Laurel pitcher Kaylee Hill threw a no-hitter against Cape. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape second baseman Julianna Souder blocks a bad bounce to prevent an extra base hit for Laurel. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape left fielder Miranda McIlvaine gets the ball quickly to second base. DAN COOK PHOTO

The Cape 9-10-year-old softball all-stars ran into a buzz saw June 12 in Laurel pitcher Kylee Hill, who threw a no-hitter in a 7-0 shutout over previously unbeaten Cape. Cape had defeated Nanticoke 10-0 and Millsboro 3-2 earlier in the District 3 tournament. Cape has to fight its way up from the lower bracket to challenge for the District 3 banner. They are set to play Lower Sussex at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 14, in Georgetown. 

McKenna Boyle took the loss for Cape, but not before striking out seven Laurel batters. In the four-inning mercy rule, no-hit win over Nanticoke, Boyle put 13 batters in the book via the strikeout. She mowed down eight batters in the 3-2 win over Millsboro.

“We’ve been riding on McKenna’s shirttail in the pitching circle,” said Cape coach Pat Brown. “We took a tough one with Laurel. They have a hard thrower on the mound.”

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